Monthly
Chapel Bulletin
July 2026
Dedicated to the Precious Blood
The Precious Blood has conquered sin and Satan. The shedding of this Blood on the cross gave the death blow to the devil’s kingdom. It was by the loss of His Sacred Blood that He triumphed over the tyrant that had enslaved the world, and compelled all the rebel angels to bow the knee before His sacred humanity. Rejoice with your victorious King, and pray that you may deserve to share His triumph.
The Precious Blood has also conquered sinners by thousands, who, if it had not been shed, would have remained hardened sinners unto the end. Who can withstand Its silent appeal, as It trickles down from His head, hands, and feet? Who can refuse to listen to Its silent pleadings? Who can turn away from Him Who has thus loved us even unto death? O my Jesus, may I never turn away from Thy voice calling me from Thy throne upon the cross to love Thee and obey Thy voice!
The Precious Blood has also conquered and averted the anger of God, Whose decree of just retribution would but for it have fallen upon sinners. Can the Father resist the pleadings of His co-equal Son when He holds out His hands, still marked with the scars of His sacred wounds, and asks for mercy and forgiveness for the sinner? May Thy wounds, O Jesus, plead for me now and at the hour of death!
(From the Victories of the Precious Blood)
Note Mass Times:
There will be no 8:30 a.m. weekday Masses the weeks of:
- June 28–July 4
- July 5-11
- July 19–25.
Mark your Calendar:
- Aug 15 – The Assumption
- Aug 22 – Immaculate Heart of Mary; The 50th Anniversary of Saint Benedict Center
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1ST – The Most Precious Blood. In 1849, the Revolution which had driven the Pope from Rome was ended. To perpetuate the memory of this triumph and to show that it was due to the Savior’s merits, Pius IX instituted the Feast of the Precious Blood. The liturgy reminds us of all the circumstances in which Our Lord’s Precious Blood was shed.
THURSDAY, JULY 2ND – The Visitation of Our Lady commemorates the day when the Blessed Virgin expressed the exultation of her heart in the beautiful canticle, the Magnificat.
FRIDAY, JULY 3RD – Saint Leo II. First Friday!
SATURDAY, JULY 4TH – Saint Theodore. First Saturday! INDEPENDENCE DAY. Pray for our country!
SUNDAY, JULY 5TH – 6TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. Saint Anthony Zaccaria.
MONDAY, JULY 6TH – Saint Maria Goretti was stabbed to death rather than give up her virtue of purity. She is an inspiration to the young and a much-needed patroness in these times.
TUESDAY, JULY 7TH – Saints Cyril and Methodius, brothers, were the great apostles of the Faith to the Slavs in southern Russia, in Bohemia and Poland during the ninth century. Though Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius died sixteen years apart, their feasts are celebrated together. They are responsible for the Slav alphabet and language.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8TH – Saint Elizabeth of Portugal was named for her great-aunt, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary and their lives were similar in these ways: both of them were married at very young ages, and sought to live the precepts of the Gospel despite their status as royalty; and both finished their lives as members of the Third Order of Saint Francis.
THURSDAY, JULY 9TH – Saint John Fisher & Saint Thomas More refused to approve Henry VIII’s actions and were therefore beheaded. We are called as Catholics to stand up for the truths of our Faith… even if we are standing alone.
FRIDAY, JULY 10TH – Saints Felicitas and her Seven Sons. This noble widow raised her sons in fear of the Lord so well that not one of them would weaken in their Faith before the persecutors. Felicitas was forced to watch each son suffer torments and death before she suffered martyrdom. Today they are a glorious family of triumphant martyrs in Heaven.
SUNDAY, JULY 12TH – 7TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. Saint Veronica of the Veil wiped the face of Christ with a veil while He was on the way to Calvary, and the cloth was miraculously imprinted with the image of Christ’s face. The relic is still preserved in Saint Peter’s Basilica. Feastday of Sister Maria Veronica, MICM.
TUESDAY, JULY 14TH – Saint Kateri Tekakwitha was orphaned during a smallpox epidemic, which left her with a scarred face and impaired eyesight. Converted and baptized in 1676, she was shunned by relatives for her Faith. She escaped through 200 miles of wilderness to the Christian village of Sault-Sainte-Marie in Canada.
THURSDAY, JULY 16TH – Our Lady of Mount Carmel appeared to Saint Simon Stock on July 16, 1251 and gave him the Brown Scapular with the promise that “Whosoever dies in this garment shall not suffer eternal fire.” One must be enrolled in the Brown Scapular Confraternity; wear the Brown Scapular continuously; observe chastity according to one’s state in life and practice devotion to Our Lady such as the Rosary.
FRIDAY, JULY 17TH – Saint Alexis the Beggar gave up his noble Roman status for the sake of Our Lord. He lived in Edessa, in Syria, for seventeen years praying for hours in church, and working as a lowly servant in hospitals. He returned to Rome as a beggar and died unrecognized in his father’s rich palace where he worked as a slave.
SATURDAY, JULY 18TH – Saint Camillus de Lellis was not always a saint. He was a soldier, a spendthrift, a gambler, a patient at a hospital in Rome… and later, a superintendent of a hospital, and the founder of Ministers of the Sick, known as the Camillians.
SUNDAY, JULY 19TH – 8TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. Saint Vincent de Paul always worked for the poor, the enslaved, the abandoned, the ignored, and the social pariahs.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22ND – Saint Mary Magdalene. In this saint is all that is noble, precious, beautiful, and admirable: fortitude, courage, patience, generosity, contempt of creatures, contempt of self–and the root of all, supreme and ultimate confidence in God. This unchanging confidence was founded on the knowledge of her misery and nothingness, which made her despise herself. Feastday of Sister Magdalene Marie, MICM.
FRIDAY, JULY 24TH – Saint Christina was martyred at ten years old. She underwent many tortures but was always miraculously cured or delivered by the Angels. She won the martyr’s crown by being shot with arrows.
SATURDAY, JULY 25TH – Saint Christopher, whose name means “Christ-bearer,” was privileged to bear the Christ Child on his shoulders across a raging river. Feastday of Sister Christopher Margaret, MICM, and Brother Christopher Isaac, MICM.
SUNDAY, JULY 26TH – 9TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. Saint Anne. Why is Saint Anne one of the most popular Saints of the Church? Because of the plenitude of her virtues, the height of her exalted dignity, and her close relationship with the holiest of all persons, Jesus and Mary. After Saint Joseph, no Saint enjoys such widespread veneration as good Saint Anne, the mother of the Mother of God. The magnificent basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré in Canada houses major relics of this saint and has been the site of countless pilgrimages and cures. Feastday of Sister Mary Anne, MICM.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29TH – Saint Martha, pray for us that we might serve Jesus better. Help us to overcome our distractions and worries to listen to His words and be present to Him.
FRIDAY, JULY 31ST – Saint Ignatius of Loyola. A pope once said that Saint Ignatius has made more saints with his book of Spiritual Exercises than the number of letters needed to print it!
